Combination vise and pipe-wrench.



-f D. G. HEWITT. COMBINATION VISE AND PIPE WRENCH.

111111101111011l 111.1111 JULY 15, 1911,.

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D. G. HEWITT. COMBINATION VISE AND PIPE WRENCH. APPLIUATION FILED JULY15, 1911.

1,026,036.A Patenneamay 14,1912.

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WITNssEs INVENTO'R vided with a link 31 detachably connected to themember 2l. By adjusting the screw 19, the strap 28 can be drawn tautupon the tube 29 and the piece vof rubber 26 prevents the tube frombeing injured.

Refereneewill now be had to Figs. 5 and. (3 of the drawings, wherein 32denotes a Vertical support, as a pipe or post and clamped against saidvertical support is a vise body 33having one end thereof bifurcated, asat 84 and one side thereof provided with concave serrated 'or toothedseats 35 for the support 32. The arms 36 of the body 33 are providedwith vertical slots 37 and extending into said slots are the pintles 38of a block 89. The pint'lcs 38 are movably retained within the slots 37by longitudinally arrai-iged screws 40. Adjustably-,mounted in thepivotedblock 39 is a screw 41ghaving the ou-ter end thereof providedwitha pivoted handle 42 and the inner end loosely connected to ahook-shaped member 43 similar to t-he member 21. l

The vise body is provided with a, transverse bolt 44 having the head 45thereof ap ertured vhereby one end of a chain 4G can be attached to saidhead and the opposite endr of saidchain detachably connected to thenienber 1.25. lhe bolt let is retained within the body 323 by a nut47countersunk in the outer face of the body -f-. 'lhe forwardend of thebody 2:53 provided with :1n-extension 4S and the endof this extension isreduced to ytit inthe rectangular opening T ofthe wrench body 1. loretain the wrentih body upon the reduced end of thc"ext.ension 48, thereduced end-,of said extension has a stud bolt 4S) and secured upon thisbolt is a lto nut 50. Thel vise body 33 is provided with openings 5ft'whereby it can be'secured to a horizontal support by screws or ot-herfastening' means notshown).v i

l `ro|n the foregoing, it will be observed that it is only ,necessary toremove the Wrench handle 11 in order to use the vise body 33, that saidvise body canbe easily kand quickly clamped to avertical support andthat various kinds of clamped to the wrench body.

4 The tool in its entirety can be made of strong and durable metal andof various sizes whereby it can be advantageously used by plumbers andother artisans.

That I claim is A 'pipe wrench comprising a rectangular body portionhaving its inner end formed with an opening for removablyreceivingeither a support for holding it in relatively fixed position or ahandle, a pairof parallel jaws n'lounted against and secured tothe frontand rear faces of said body portion below the forward end thereof, saidjaws pipes can be projecting beyond the forward end of the body portion,said projecting portion of said jaws of greater width than the width ofthe body portion, an apertured lug projecting laterally from the innerend of said body portion at one side thereof, the wall of the apertureof said lug being threaded, a laterally extending pair of protuberancesprojecting from the. other side of said body intermediate the endsthereof, a longitudinally extending adjustable screw engaging thethreads of said aperture, a hook-shaped member fixed to said screw andbearing against said body, a flexible clamping clement having one endpivoted to said pair of protuberanccs and its other end engaged by saidlneulber for drawing it taut to clamp a pipe when said screw is adjustedinwardly with respect to said body portion.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

DARRELL G. IlllWl'lT. Witnesses:

Max VIl. Simaovrrz, l). ll, [lacca an.

